Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before Undergoing Endoscopy
April 19, 2016 — A hospital in the Lehigh Valley Health Network identified at least two patients last year who might have been exposed to an endoscope contaminated with a…
American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
Carbapenems
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Data Validation
Device Contamination
Device Recalls
E. coli
Endoscope Reprocessing
Endoscope Sampling
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
Food and Drug Administration
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
GI Endoscopes
Healthcare Quality, Safety
Infection Prevention
Olympus
Patient Notification
Root Causes Analysis
The Seattle Times
Transparency
USA Today
THE SEATTLE TIMES: “Undisclosed superbug sickened dozens at Virginia Mason”
The Seattle Times: “Undisclosed superbug sickened dozens at Virginia Mason” (January 22, 2015) An outbreak of multidrug-resistant superbugs spread by contaminated endoscopes infected at least 35 patients at Virginia Mason…
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
Device Recalls
Endoscope Reprocessing
Endoscope Sampling
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
Food and Drug Administration
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Outbreak Investigations
Superbugs
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Risk of “Superbug” Outbreaks Linked to Two Types of Gastrointestinal Endoscopes: Pittsburgh (PA), 2012
January 21, 2015 — The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — also known as “UPMC” — linked a bacterial “superbug” outbreak in 2012 to the inadequate cleaning and disinfection, or…